Fastener



Dec. 15, 1931. B. H. WHITE 1,836,636

FASTENER Filed sept. 2e, 1927 MMM verizo Patented Dec. 15, 1931 PATENTOFFICE BIRDORA H. WHITE, OF CHICAVGO, ILLINOIS FASTENER Application ledSeptember 26,r 1927. Serial No. 222,044.

This invention relates to fasteners and more especially to a fasteneradapted to be connected to an article of wearing apparel and used fordetachably connecting a sup- V porter, garter, tape or the like thereto.

The invention hasas one of its objects to provide a simple but eticientdevice of this character which may be conveniently associated with agarment, as for instance, by locating the same in a pocket such as a hemand which is so designed as to distribute the pull of the supporterthroughout a relatively large area of the garment and also to provide adevice of this character so constructed as to prevent the same fromturning or rotating within the pocket or becoming otherwise dislaced.

p Another object of this invention is to provide means for convenientlyconnecting the end of the garter or other supporter thereto and toprovide means of this character which may be quickly and economicallymanufactured, which may be assembled with facility and which willpositively'grip and hold the elastic tape or non-elastic tape of thegarter or other supporter.

These several objects of this invention as well as others and also thenovel details of construction will be made more apparent as thisdescription proceeds, especially when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a fastener constructed in accordancewith this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the device.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of a garment and a supportershowing one application of this invention.

igure 4 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the planeindicated by line 4-4 in Figure 3, and Y Figures 5 to 8 inclusive areelevational views of modied forms of frame members.

Referring now particularly to the drawings and more especially toFigures 1 to 4 inclusive, it will be noted that my improved Afastenerconsists essentially of a frame member 10 which as illustrated may beconveniently formed from a single piece of wire bent to form a centralbody portion or fastener supporting portion 11 provided with a pair ofspaced side portions 12 which, as clearly illustrated are inclined inopposite directions but lie in the same'plane. rlhe frame' member V10 isformed with extensions at the ends thereof which extensions are ofsubstantially the same width or height as the body of the frame memberand which lie in '60 the same plane as the center portion of the framemember. These extensions, which are indicated generally by the referencecharacter 13 may be conveniently formed by bending the Wire in aplurality of reversely extending curves or loops such-as indicated at 14and' terminating these extensionsin closed loops 15. By terminating theends of the extensions in loops 15 the'ends of the wire piece, fromwhich the frame member is bent, will be prevented from catching orhooking into the garment which would obviously be objectionable. Y

The extensions 13, which obviously maybe made of any desired length,provide means `'I5 for distributing the load upon the garter or hosesupporter throughout a large area of the garment and obviously the framemember 10, as a whole, may be curved longitudinally sok as to conform tothe curvature of the body'of v80 the wearer when, for instance, itislocated itls the lower edgeof a corset, girdle or the By arranging theextensions 13 in the same p general plane as the central portion of theVframe member and by making these extensions of substantially the samewidth as the frame member broad fiat portions are provided which extendvertically in the pocket of the garment with which they are 'asso- 90ciated to thus prevent any rotative or other displacement of thefastener with reference to the garment. l'

The end of the garter or supporter' 16 is secured to the frame 10 bymeans of a clamp- 95 ing member indicated generally by the referencecharacter 17. This clamping member consists 'of a pair of cross-bars 18and 19 and jthe clamping member is preferably formed from a single pieceof wire which is first bent to form the cross-bar 18 and then loopedaround the portions 12 of the frame member as indicated at 20 to thusslidably mount the clamping member upon the frame member. The otherhorizontal cross-bar 19 is formed by the two ends of the wire, theseends terminating in lateral extensions or points 21 which are adapted tobite into the elastic or other material of which the garter or supporteris formed to thus positively grip the same and prevent accidentaldisengagement thereof. As seen most clearly in Figure t the supporter 16is threaded between the bars'18 and 19 then around over the top of thesetwo bars and between the clamping member and the central portion 11 ofthe frame member. In this manner any pull upon the supporter tends tocause the pointed projections 21 to engage the supporter more firmly andowing to the fact that the supporter is wrapped around the pair of bars18 and 19 any pull thereon will tend to press these two cross memberstogether, they being formed of inherently resilient material, to thusclamp the end of the supporter between the bars 18 and 19.

As seen from Figure 3 the fastener ma be conveniently connected to agarment suoi as fragmentarily illustrated at 22 by locating the same ina poclret 23 which may conveniently be a part of the hem of the garment.Thus the stitching 24 of the hem is omitted at the point indicated bythe reference character 25 to thus provide an opening for the pocket 23through which the frame member may be inserted whereupon it will belodged upon the bottom of the pocket with the wide extensions 13 thereofextending vertically therewithin. The bottom of the pocket, in anarrangement of this character, will be provided with an opening 26through which the garter or supporter 16 extends. Vhen it is necessaryto replace the supporter 16, as for instance, when the elastic thereinbecomes lworn the frame member may be withdrawn through the opening 25of the pocket and a new supporter attached thereto.-

With this invention it is possible to detachably connect the garter orsupporter to the garment and at the same time experience the samecomfort and security that is customary with the permanently attachedsupporters. The advantages of a device of this character overpermanently attached supporters are obvious.

In Figures 5 to 8 inclusive there is illustrated modified forms of framemembers 10 in which the extensions 13 are of different configuration butin each instance the results are identical with the form previouslydescribed in detail. It will be obvious that the wire may be bent intoany desired configuration to form these extensions and also that theseextensions may be of any desired length.

Therefore, reservation is made to make such changes as may come withinthe purview of the accompanying claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A fastener comprising a frame having a body formed with fiatextensions at the ends thereof, of a width substantially equal with thatof the body and lying in a longitudinal plane coincident with that ofsaid body and a clamping member carried by said body.

V2. A fastener of the class described including a frame formed of asingle piece of wire bent to form a body portion and extensions at theends thereof of a width substantially equal to said body and lying inthe same piane, said extension being in longitudinal alignment with saidbody portion, and a clamping member mounted upon the body aforesaid.

3. A fastener adapted to be positioned wholly within a pocket formed inan article of wearing apparel, comprising a frame having a body portionand extensions at the ends thereof, said body portion and extensionslying in substantially the same longitudinal plane and having theirlongitudinal edges in alignment, and a clamping member carried by saidbody portion comprising a single piece of wire looped around spacedportions of said body and fashioned to lie in substantially the sameplane therewith.

4. A fastener of the class described including a frame having a centralfastener supporting portion and extensions at the ends thereof lying inthe same longitudinal plane as said central portion and of a widthsubstantially the same as said central portion,

and a clamping member mounted upon the central portion aforesaid.

5. A fastener of the class described including a frame having a portionprovided with oppositely inclined sides and a clamping member slidableupon said sides, said sides being formed with lateral extensions beyondthe limits of but in alignment with said frame.

6. A fastener comprising a member adapted to be connected to an articleof wearmg apparel andprovided with a portion having spaced oppositelyinclined sides and a fastening member slidably mounted on said inclinedsides, said sides being formed with lateral extensions in alignment withsaid frame for supporting'said frame.

7 A fastener comprising a member adapted to be connected to an articleof wearing apparel and provided with a portion having spaced oppositelyinclined sides, arranged in the same plane and a fastening memberslidably mounted on said inclined sides, said sides being formed withlateral extensions in alignment with said frame.

8. In a fastener of the class described, a supporting frame and aclamping member mounted thereon, said clamping member consisting of asingle piece of wire bent to form upper and lower cross-bars and loo edaround spaced portions of said frame to siidably mount said clampingmember thereon, the ends of said wire being arranged intermediate thelength of one of said cross-bars and terminating in lateral extensionslying in the plane of said frame.

9. In a fastener of the class described, a supporting frame and aclamping member mounted thereon, said clamping member con sisting of asingle piece of wire bent to form upper and lower cross bars loopedaround spaced portions of said frame to slidably mount said elampinmember thereon, said wire being further ent to provide projectionsintermediate the length of one of said cross bars and in the plane ofsaid frame.

10. A fastener comprising a frame having a body portion and a clampingmember slidably mounted upon said body portion, said body portion havingextensions at the ends thereof constituting supports and being locatedentirely Within a plane defined by projections of the longitudinal edgesof said extensions.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

BIRDORA H. WHITE.

